claybair on sun 5 nov 06
Logan,
I know what you are saying.... early in my clay career
I proudly wore my clay coated clothing.
I soon learned that wearing clay coated clothing once out
of the studio is a health risk. You risk breathing
in clay dust, contaminating your living space, car etc.
I think we can come up with more creative ways to let people
know we are proud to be potters! One idea is to get a couple T-shirts see:
http://www.claytimes.com/CTonline_tshirt.html
Stay safe!
Gayle Bair
Bainbridge Island, WA
Tucson, AZ
http://claybair.com
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From: Logan Johnson
Hi Jancy,
Don't hide your "colors" ! Be proud of your abilty to work with clay. Go
to the store with clay on your clothes. (I would knock off the big chunks
first) If anybody asks or if you catch them looking at your hands or clothes
tell them you're a clay artist. It might open the door for a sale! At the
very least it'll open the door for a conversation about clay. As for the dry
cracked hands clay gives you try:
Neutrogena Moisturizing Cream. The jar says: 24 hr. moisturizing for
extra dry sensitive skin. Try a little before you start with glazes . A
student of mine just turned me on to this stuff & WOW! I really like it!
Especially after a day of glazing . My hands are also small so I don't
always wear gloves in the glaze room due to dropped pots & spilled chemicals
due to gloves. BTW, the Neutrogena cream is also thick enough to put in a
little jar that fits in your purse or fanny pack so you can apply whenever
you need it without spilling. I always put some on at the end of each day
but I've learned I always need it most when I'm away from the jar.
Take it easy!
Logan
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Jancy Jaslow on sun 5 nov 06
People have been discussing hand care, and gloves...
I have 'small' hands and had never found gloves which fit comfortably, and thus frequently fudged a bit about wearing gloves in studio work.
Messy hands. Cracked fingers (of course).
I recently visited a doctor who met me for the second time in two years. He looked at my hands and said, "Oh, that's right, you work with clay."
!!! ? I had washed my hands! What did he see?
He said that my skin was discolored, maybe from all the clay. I also work with oxide stain in my glaze process.
That did it: I went to Sally's Beauty Supply and bought a jumbo box of disposable gloves : they come in various sizes for cosmetologists of both sexes. The gloves fit perfectly.
Sally's is a chain found in many cities across the US, and anyone can shop there.
Jancy Jaslow
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Jancy Jaslow
Manor Hill Pottery
Cincinnati, OH 45220
Logan Johnson on sun 5 nov 06
Hi Jancy,
Don't hide your "colors" ! Be proud of your abilty to work with clay. Go to the store with clay on your clothes. (I would knock off the big chunks first) If anybody asks or if you catch them looking at your hands or clothes tell them you're a clay artist. It might open the door for a sale! At the very least it'll open the door for a conversation about clay. As for the dry cracked hands clay gives you try:
Neutrogena Moisturizing Cream. The jar says: 24 hr. moisturizing for extra dry sensitive skin. Try a little before you start with glazes . A student of mine just turned me on to this stuff & WOW! I really like it! Especially after a day of glazing . My hands are also small so I don't always wear gloves in the glaze room due to dropped pots & spilled chemicals due to gloves. BTW, the Neutrogena cream is also thick enough to put in a little jar that fits in your purse or fanny pack so you can apply whenever you need it without spilling. I always put some on at the end of each day but I've learned I always need it most when I'm away from the jar.
Take it easy!
Logan
Jancy Jaslow wrote:
People have been discussing hand care, and gloves...
I have 'small' hands and had never found gloves which fit comfortably, and thus frequently fudged a bit about wearing gloves in studio work.
Messy hands. Cracked fingers (of course).
I recently visited a doctor who met me for the second time in two years. He looked at my hands and said, "Oh, that's right, you work with clay."
!!! ? I had washed my hands! What did he see?
He said that my skin was discolored, maybe from all the clay. I also work with oxide stain in my glaze process.
That did it: I went to Sally's Beauty Supply and bought a jumbo box of disposable gloves : they come in various sizes for cosmetologists of both sexes. The gloves fit perfectly.
Sally's is a chain found in many cities across the US, and anyone can shop there.
Jancy Jaslow
--
Jancy Jaslow
Manor Hill Pottery
Cincinnati, OH 45220
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dwichman@frontiernet.net on mon 6 nov 06
Gayle wrote:
'I soon learned that wearing clay coated clothing once out
of the studio is a health risk. You risk breathing
in clay dust, contaminating your living space, car etc.'
I just wanted to comment on something I noticed recently in a "DUH" =20
moment which I should have considered before. I also am careful to =20
try and keep my working area clean. (Mine is tiled and the Hoover =20
Floormate works wonders to clean it quickly and often.) I also use a =20
lot of old towels to dry/wipe my hands as I am working. One recent =20
day when the sun was shining in the window I was amazed at the amount =20
of clay dust(visible in the sunlight) raised while drying my hands on =20
one of these rags which I had let dry overnight and was re-using. =20
Eek! - I don't want to breathe that.... I have decided a new towel =20
each day is called for, regardless if the previous day's towel was =20
barely used.
I thought perhaps others had not thought of this or noticed it and so =20
wanted to put the thought out there - especially for noobs like me who =20
don't seem to think of the obvious all the time....
By the way, thanks to all the clayarters who contribute to this forum. =20
I can't begin to tell you the ideas, suggestions, helpful hints, =20
etc. that I have gleaned from your writing - not to mention the =20
enjoyable reading!
Debi Wichman
Cookeville, TN
http://www.elementterra.com
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